Foreign doctors in France stage hunger strike over job insecurity

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Foreign doctors’ hunger strike in France

Foreign doctors in France protest low pay and insecure contracts with a hunger strike, demanding fair treatment and job security amid unfulfilled promises

Several hundred doctors who graduated outside the European Union began a hunger strike on Wednesday to protest their precarious status and to demand regularisation, while they allowed the French hospital system to survive in the face of medical deserts.

Nearly 300 practitioners with a diploma outside the European Union in France (padhue) started a hunger strike this Wednesday, March 5th, which is supposed to last three days. Lack of open posts, inadequate regularisation process, false promises by the government... Marianne gives an update on the reasons for the anger of these foreign caregivers, whose importance within the health system is hardly recognised.

Foreign doctors in France stage hunger strike over job insecurity

Hundreds of foreign-trained doctors working in France on Wednesday launched a three-day hunger strike, demanding job security and the right to stay in the country. The protest comes after the government failed to deliver on a promised extension of work permits, leaving many at risk of losing their jobs.